The disc was probably 'formatted' with DirectCD or InCD. These require third-party software to read.
You should use standard Data mode for best compatibility between computers, especially for archiving. --- In [email protected], "pekoe4849" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a CD that I recorded some data on last year. I can't remember > for sure if I still had Win98 or XP, but I think XP. I either used XP > copy to disk or Roxio Easy CD Creator. > > Yesterday, I needed the info off of this CD, however, neither Windows > Explorer nor Roxio would find the data on the disk. So, I took the > disk over to my son's who still has Win98 and he was able to read it. > Just in case, he also copied the info to a new disk and Finalized it. > However, for some reason he was not able to use Roxio to read or write > it; he had to use his HP writer software. > > I still was not able to read the info on my home computer, even with > the new disk. So....I brought the disk to work (where I also have XP). > I was able to read it using Windows Explorer or any other program. I > don't have Roxio installed on this computer. > > I can read other disks on my home computer, so I don't think it's my > cd drive. He had to use his HP software. > > Anyone know what the problem is? Please? > > D. > > P.S. Just FYI, my CD drive is a 5 year-old HP 8200. If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
